A high-resolution magnetic susceptibility study of a loess/palaeosol couplet at Baoji, China

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-233

  Evans, M E ^a   Ding, Z ^b   Rutter, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent susceptibility; Mineral magnetism; Monsoon; Paleoclimates; Siberian high

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MINERAL MAGNETISM; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CHINA, LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0030437976     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02300739     Document Type: Article

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